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Party with Disclosure and James Corden at 9 p.m. PT
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Up to anything special tonight? No? Well, how about bringing a multi-talented producer and two of Britain’s fastest-rising DJs home for a live performance?
Tonight, the dynamic DJ duo
Disclosure
will unite forces with powerhouse producer James Corden for the next
American Express Unstaged
concert on YouTube. That's right—the actor, writer and television host you know from his work on hit comedy shows "Gavin and Stacey" and the "The Late Late Show" (which hit
1 million subscribers
on YouTube last week) will tonight put his own theatrical twist on the show.
In the last twelve months alone, British brothers
Disclosure
have garnered more than
222 million views
on YouTube since last September, and have just released their new album, "Caracal," which features Lorde, Miguel, The Weeknd, Gregory Porter, and
Sam Smith
. Taking place at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena just days after the release of "Caracal," this will be the first time that fans all over the world can hear new tracks performed live.
As a quick warm-up, check out
Corden interviewing the band
and create your own digital “
Disclosure Face
” in the Unstaged app. Be sure to leave time to prep your glow sticks, though, as the live stream will start at 9 p.m. PT at
youtube.com/americanexpress
,
youtube.com/user/DisclosureVEVO
, amexunstaged.com, or the Unstaged app.
Nicola Young, Music Programs Manager, recently watched "
Slaves - Burning Our Morals Away.
”
Watch the Global Citizen Festival—live on YouTube on September 26 from 12:45 p.m. PT
Thursday, September 24, 2015
No matter where you are this Saturday, you can have a front row seat at the 2015
Global Citizen Festival
to catch performances by Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay,
live on YouTube
, un-leashed by T-Mobile.
Tune in at
youtube.com/globalcitizen/live
to join YouTube creators
MatthewSantoro
, and Mitch Moffit and Greg Brown from
AsapSCIENCE
, who’ll bring you the latest from the event and take you backstage for all the behind-the-scenes action. They’ll be joined by Global Citizen hosts
Stephen Colbert
, Salma Hayek Pinault, Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman and Olivia Wilde.
Join the movement and support the goals to fight inequality, protect our planet, and end extreme poverty. It all begins at 12:45 p.m. PT on September 26 on the
Global Citizen YouTube channel
.
Lindsay Dahms, Brand Marketing Manager, recently watched
“Ed Sheeran - Photograph.”
Let’s play
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.
As
promised
, and after some excellent road-testing by thousands of dedicated gaming fans (thanks, folks!), YouTube Gaming is now available. Blending gaming videos and live streams, YouTube Gaming brings you closer to the games, gamers, and culture that matter to you.
Here’s what you need to know:
YouTube Gaming is your go-to destination for anything and everything gaming because it automatically pulls in all gaming-related videos and live streams from YouTube.
Viewers get personalized gaming recommendations based on the games and channels they collect. With over 25,000 game pages and even more gaming channels, it’s never been easier to connect with your gaming community.
We’ve also made it easier to create a live stream — check out the beta version of our new way to go live at
youtube.com/stream
today.
Find the English-language website (
gaming.youtube.com
) in any country where YouTube is available, or download the phone and tablet app from
Google Play
and the
App Store
, rolling out over the next few hours in the U.S. and U.K. Other countries will be coming soon.
Together, we all make gaming better. Our peers make us better gamers, and games are made better by the communities that surround them. Thanks for your feedback as we brought you YouTube Gaming, and keep it coming. This is just the beginning.
Frank Petterson, Engineering Manager, recently played
League of Legends
.
P.S. For those of you who are going to be at PAX Prime in Seattle this weekend, check out our booth and stage show. If you can’t be there in person, we’ll be streaming our show (hosted by GameSpot, IGN, and Rooster Teeth) at
gaming.youtube.com
.
Keeping the conversation going
Monday, July 27, 2015
YouTube is built by one of the most engaged communities on the web, and you tell us when you want changes. Today, you
heard from Google+
about upcoming changes based on user feedback. We wanted to give you an early look at what this will mean with respect to comments on YouTube, and to your overall YouTube experience.
The headline: we think you’ll like it.
Comments
Comments are super important to the relationship between creators and fans on YouTube. You love
MyLifeAsEva
and
Kingsley
. You thought that latest video from
Tyler
was his funniest yet. You want to tell
Epic Rap Battles
who their next match-up should feature. And these creators want to hear from fans like you, just as much as you want to communicate with them.
All of these conversations should be simpler and easier to have on YouTube, and we’ve been working on that.
First off, we’ve improved the ranking system that reduces the visibility of junk comments. It’s working—the rate of dislikes on comments has dropped by more than 35 percent across YouTube.
With today’s announcement from Google+, you’ll see more changes. The comments you make on YouTube will now appear only on YouTube, not also on Google+. And vice-versa. This starts rolling out today.
Creators told us they liked the moderation options on their channels, like reviewing comments before they’re posted, blocking certain words, or auto-approving comments from certain fans. All this stays.
Your YouTube channel
This one’s further off. In the coming weeks, YouTube will no longer require a Google+ profile when you want to upload, comment, or create a channel. If you’re happy with everything as it is now, then just keep on keepin’ on. If you want to remove your Google+ profile, you’ll be able to do this in the coming months, but
do not do it now
or you’ll delete your YouTube channel (no bueno). Please visit our
Help Center
for further details.
We’ve heard you. Keep talking to us.
The YouTube team
Say hello to the redesigned YouTube mobile app
Thursday, July 23, 2015
If you watched a YouTube video recently, chances are you did it on your phone or tablet. That’s because today, more than half the views on YouTube happen using mobile devices. So to bring you an even better mobile experience, we’re updating the official YouTube apps – making it easier than ever to find videos you love and create them, too.
The update – available now on Android, mobile web, and soon on iOS – introduces three new tabs:
Home
: Easily explore and discover videos you'll love with recommendations based on your watch history as well as playlists personalized just for you.
Subscriptions
: Find the latest videos from your favorite channels and creators on the new Subscriptions tab. And to help make sure you never miss an upload, you can now tap the bell icon on the channels you love to get a notification as soon as a new video is posted.
Account
: Check out your playlists, watch history, and the videos you’ve uploaded all in one spot.
You can also now watch full-screen vertical videos with just a single tap for the very first time.
But YouTube isn’t just about enjoying videos; it’s a place to express yourself and show the world what you love. With the redesigned app you can take your creativity to new levels using a new set of video creation tools. You’ve got an amazing camera in your phone or tablet, and now you can trim your footage, tint the image with filters, add music, and upload – all inside the app.
These are just a few of the features we’ve been working on, and you’ll see many more later this year.
Matt Darby, Product Manager, and Omri Amarilio, Product Manager, recently watched
"One of those days 2 - Candide Thovex."
#ProudToLove and proud to celebrate marriage equality
Friday, June 26, 2015
Over the last 10 years, everyone from
moms
to
presidents
have uploaded videos in support of LGBT awareness, to stand up against bullying and discrimination, and to say together, as a community, that marriage equality matters.
That’s why we are so excited by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today guaranteeing same-sex couples nationwide the right to marry. In recognition of Pride Month, and of this historic decision, we want to celebrate the many individuals and communities that have helped inspire change:
YouTube has given creators like
Tyler Oakley
and
Jazz Jennings
, to entertainers like
Ellen DeGeneres
and
Todrick Hall
, a platform to entertain and inspire, while raising LGBT awareness in society as a whole. Thanks to creators and fans alike, YouTube has become a home to
coming out videos
and
transitioning videos
, a place where people can share
advice
, find a community, or encourage
activism
. Together, these videos help us see our common humanity in the faces and voices of those we might otherwise perceive as different.
So today, we say “thank you” to all of those who were brave enough to show us that it really can, and does,
get better
—and how much better it still can get.
The YouTube Team
Eyewitness video on YouTube: your window to the world
Thursday, June 18, 2015
In the last ten years, we’ve witnessed many of the biggest and most important news stories unfold on YouTube. From the
Green Revolution
,
Arab Spring
and
protests in Ferguson
, to the
Charlie Hebdo attacks
and
earthquake in Nepal
, user-generated video has provided a unique and visceral perspective on what’s happening in the world around us. It’s almost impossible to turn on the news during a breaking event without seeing raw video uploaded by a YouTube user somewhere across the globe.
Today, more than 5 million hours of news video is watched on YouTube every day, and the role of the eyewitness has never had a more vital place in the newsgathering process. We live in a world where anyone can bear witness to what is happening around them and share it with a global audience, and YouTube has become a primary home for this powerful, first-person documentary footage.
That is why we’re excited to announce three new initiatives to support the discovery and verification of eyewitness news video on YouTube:
The YouTube Newswire:
In partnership with
Storyful
, a social news agency
we’ve worked with
since protests broke out in Tahrir Square in 2011, we’re rolling out the
YouTube Newswire
, a curated feed of the most newsworthy eyewitness videos of the day, which have been verified by Storyful’s team of editors and are embeddable from the original sources. With the Newswire, we hope to provide journalists with an invaluable resource to discover news video around major events, and to highlight eyewitness video that offers new perspectives on important news stories. The Newswire will feature global and regional feeds that surface the most relevant videos in different parts of the world. Follow us
on Twitter
or
subscribe
to the daily newsletter to get the latest videos delivered directly to your inbox.
The First Draft Coalition:
You could say that user-generated news video is today’s “first draft” of capturing an event that took place. But when it comes to incorporating this content into the reporting of a news event, verification is a critical step for any newsroom -- and not every journalist knows where to start. So we’re bringing together a group of thought leaders and pioneers in social media journalism to create educational resources on how to verify eyewitness media, and how to consider the ethics of using it in news reporting. This new group, called
The First Draft Coalition
, will consist of experts from
Eyewitness Media Hub
,
Storyful
,
Bellingcat
, First Look Media's
Reported.ly
,
Meedan
,
Emergent
,
SAM Desk
, and
Verification Junkie
. The Coalition will develop and program a new site for verification and ethics training, tools, research, and, most importantly, case studies around the biggest news stories of the moment. The site will launch this fall, but in the meantime, check out the Coalition’s
Medium collection
, chock full of how-to posts and examples of UGC verification, which we’ll update every week. You can also follow First Draft on
Twitter
.
The WITNESS Media Lab:
Over the past decade, YouTube has provided a platform for people to share eyewitness video of human rights atrocities around the world. In partnership with WITNESS, we are supporting the WITNESS Media Lab, a new approach to tackling pressing human rights issues through the analysis of citizen video. The WITNESS Media Lab - in collaboration with innovators in the technology, advocacy and journalism fields - will produce a series of in-depth projects that focus on human rights struggles as seen from the perspective of those who live, witness, and experience them. The first project from the WITNESS Media Lab will explore the impact of bystander video in bringing about justice in police brutality cases in the United States. Check out the
new site
and follow the WITNESS Media Lab on
Twitter
for more updates.
We’re proud of the role that YouTube and its creators have and continue to play in the ever-changing, ever-expanding news and information ecosystem, and we hope that these new projects will empower more journalists to use powerful eyewitness video easily and responsibly.
Posted by Olivia Ma, Head of Strategy and Operations, News Lab at Google
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